BEHIND THE SCREEN How the 100-Day Creative Challenge inspired a business modernising online church platforms Words: Janae Janik
The little chapel was standing room only. Hidden in the back corner of the stairwell, Paul Cox listened intently as Cass Langton addressed the Hillsong creative team. She spoke of the innocence of childhood creativity — how little ones are so eager to show us their mediocre masterpieces. They are content with simply having put pen to paper, unencumbered by what others might think of their disconnected lines and scribbles. Children simply create for the sake of creating. Yet as adults, we often lose that simplicity amidst the fear of failure, judgment from others, and pursuit of perfection. At the time, Cox was an accomplished drummer for the team, having come to Hillsong College to develop those skills in the Worship Stream. However, his paid work was in website development. Cass Langton continued encouraging the team to create
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